| VERB | contact | stifle, smother, strangle, muffle, repress | conceal or hide |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | stifle, dampen | smother or suppress | |
| contact | stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate, choke | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
| change | stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate | be asphyxiated | |
| NOUN | animal | stifle, knee | joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped |
| Sounds | stay'fahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. | |
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| Synonym | knee | |
| Part of | hind leg | The back limb of a quadruped |
| Broader | joint, articulation, articulatio | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion / motion) |
| Spanish | babilla | |
| Catalan | cassoleta | |
| Meaning | conceal or hide. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | smother, strangle, muffle, repress | |
| Broader | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | Control and refrain from showing |
| Spanish | amortiguar, reprimir | |
| Catalan | ofegar, reprimir, sufocar | |
| Nouns | stifler | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
| stifling | forceful prevention | |
| Meaning | smother or suppress. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Stifle your curiosity" | |
| Synonym | dampen | |
| Narrower | suffocate, choke | Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination / imagination of |
| Broader | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | Control and refrain from showing |
| Opposite | stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant |
| Spanish | reprimir, sofocar | |
| Catalan | ofegar, reprimir, sufocar | |
| Nouns | stifler | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
| Meaning | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | suffocate, asphyxiate, choke | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Spanish | asfixiar, estrangular, reprimir, sofocar | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, estrangular, reprimir, sufocar | |
| Meaning | Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | suffocate, asphyxiate | |
| Narrower | strangle | die from strangulation |
| Broader | die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life |
| Similar to | smother, asphyxiate, suffocate | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| Spanish | ahogarse, asfixiarse, asfixiar, atragantarse, reprimir, sofocarse | |
| Catalan | asfixiar-se, asfixiar, ennuegar-se, ofegar-se, reprimir, sufocar-se | |
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